The Marble Faun Glossary

The Marble Faun Glossary

undiminished

not reduced

affinity

sympathy

eccentricities

instances of strangeness

indefinable

difficult to define

ignorance

lack of knowledge

standstill

a stop

transfigure

change

merriment

happiness

discernible

visible

tremulous

nervous

congenial

compatible

persecutions

ill-treatment

consecrated

bless, make holy

catacomb

an underground cemetery

indispensable

required

endowment

donation of money

profane

non-religious

magnanimity

generosity

relinquish

give up

peculiarity

abnormality

sylvan

made of wood

incrusted

covered with

caper

dance

unfathomable

unscrutable

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